The voters in Arizona’s heaviest populated district, and largest Latino population, Maricopa County faced waits as long as five hours. Why? Because of a lack of polling places. Why did they lack polling places? The Robert’s Supreme Court, when the conservative majority gutted by declaring the Voting Rights Act’s Section 5 unconstitutional. The Arizona Republic …
March 2016 archive
Mar 25 2016
Two Tragic Fires That Sparked Major Changes
Today we mark the anniversary of two tragic fires that occurred in New York City. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire claimed 146 lives and 79 years later, in 1990, the Happy Land fire killed 87 people, the most deadly fire in the city since 1911. The Triangle Factory fire lead to major changes …
Mar 25 2016
Pondering the Pundits
“Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Mar 25 2016
The Breakfast Club (Respect)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Mar 24 2016
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Regional Semi-Finals)
Coverage may be delayed. Or non-existant. Yeah, tomorrow is insanely busy again. Regional Semis and Results Recap and Regional Semi-Finals on the Ladies side. The New Guy Roy Wood Jr Web Exclusive I don’t care how web exclusive and extended it is, I’m not putting up any Lindsey Graham footage. Trevor’s last guest this week …
Mar 24 2016
NCAA Men’s Tournament 2016: Regional Semi-Finals (Round of 16) Day 1
Play Ins and Round of 64 Results Regional Quarter-Finals (Round of 32) Results Our designated underdog is Maryland, a 5 seed. Tonight picks the teams for the South and West Regional Finals (Round of 8) on March 26th (Saturday). Tonight’s Match-Ups Time Channel Seed Team Record Seed Team Record Region 7:10 pm CBS 2 …
Mar 24 2016
NCAA Men’s Tournament 2016: Results Recap Part 2
Play Ins and Round of 64 These are the results of the Regional Quarter-Finals (Round of 32). Later we will have tonight’s Match-Ups. Regional Quarter-Finals Results Seed Team Record Score Seed Team Record Score Region 1 Kansas 32 – 4 73 9 *Connecticut 25 – 11 61 South 5 Maryland 27 – 8 73 …
Mar 24 2016
NCAA Men’s Tournament 2016: Results Recap Part 1
These tables, by far the longest and most intricate of the ones I will present, are the results of the Play Ins and the Round of 64. Later I will give you the results of the Regional Quarter-Finals (Round of 32) and then tonight’s Match-Ups. Play Ins Day 1 Team Record Score Team Record …
Mar 24 2016
It’s Not Achievable
What Atrios said I get trying to stop people from blowing up planes, but you can’t realistically stop them from blowing up the parking lot. But despite a series of episodes in recent years that have targeted transportation hubs worldwide, security experts predict that the latest attacks will revive — but not resolve — …
Mar 24 2016
Obama’s Bad SCOTUS Choice
President Barack Obama’s choice of Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to replace late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme court is not the nominee the left was dreaming about last month. Any justice who has won the praise of neocon Senator Orin Hatch and Fox …
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